New Zealand’s tourism industry embraces China’s Golden Week holiday

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Chinese tourists visit Glenorchy, New Zealand. PHOTO: SU LIANG/FILE

During China’s National Day holiday, Dong Bing and her family began a 13-day vacation in New Zealand, seeking unique experiences and natural scenery.

DONG Bing flew to Auckland from Beijing on the first day of China’s National Day holiday with her husband and five-year old son. The long-awaited overseas vacation has been highly anticipated by the family of three during the “Golden Week” which offers a nice respite for them.

Iran warns Israel not to attack its infrastructure

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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that any assault on Iranian infrastructure would provoke a stronger retaliation. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

IRAN warned Israel on Tues day against attacking any of its infrastructure amid fears of a possible Israeli assault on oil or nuclear sites following Iran’s missile barrage last week.

“Any attack against infrastructure in Iran will provoke an even stronger response,” state television quoted Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying.

He spoke after Israel said it was preparing a response to Iran’s 1 October missile attack on its arch-enemy, its second on the country in six months.

2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Baker, Hassabis, Jumper

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The prize is split between Baker and Hassabis-Jumper. PHOTO: ANI

THE 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M Jumper, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday.

The prize is divided into two halves, with one half awarded to David Baker for his work on “computational protein design” and the other half jointly awarded to Demis Hassabis and John M Jumper for their discoveries in “protein structure prediction”, according to the Academy.

Putin: CIS leaders coordinate on significant global and regional issues

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Expanded meeting of the CIS Heads of State. PHOTO: VALERY SHARIFULIN/TASS

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that their positions are often closely aligned or identical.

THE CIS leaders constantly coordinate positions on key global and regional issues, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

“We are constantly coordinating positions on key global and regional issues.